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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lady Baskerville accuse Atiyah of being in Chapter 15?

2. What does Amelia put on her face in Chapter 16?

3. What is Amelia supposedly making sketches of in Chapter 15?

4. Who does Lady Baskerville have an argument with in Chapter 11?

5. Why did Ayesha keep her face veiled?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amelia tell Mary was Madame Berengeria's cause of death? What does Amelia actually believe?

2. What does Emerson say to cheer up O'Connell at the end of Chapter 14?

3. What does Emerson find when he knocks through the tomb wall painted with a portrait of Anubis?

4. What do Lady Baskerville and Mary argue about in Chapter 11? How does Emerson solve the argument?

5. What does Lady Baskerville announce at breakfast? What does Mr. Vandergelt announce at breakfast?

6. What do the Emersons discover has happened to Milverton in Chapter 10?

7. What happens when Amelia follows an unknown figure in the dark in Chapter 11?

8. What do Emerson and Amelia discover about the pendant found in the tomb?

9. Who is the skeleton found in the tomb? What is the skeleton found with?

10. Describe what Emerson is wearing when the party from Baskerville House arrives to watch his performance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of love and romance in the novel, "The Curse of the Pharaohs." What are some examples of love and romance in the novel? Why is Mary so popular with the gentlemen? Who does Lady Baskerville become engaged to? How do these situations affect the tone?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the curse which is referred to throughout the novel. Why do the characters fear the curse? What kind of curse is it? Why are the characters cursed?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the antagonist of the novel, Lady Baskerville. What are her defining characteristics? Why is she the antagonist of the novel? As the reader, did you suspect Lady Baskerville of being the murderer prior to the reveal in Chapter Sixteen? Why or why not?

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